The Sims is a strategic life simulation computer game where the user (you) has control over one or more virtual persons and leads them through daily activates in a suburban household. In a more detailed explanation, the user directs and organizes his/her Sims’ time to help them reach personal goals. These goals can be anything from job promotions to relationships.
The Sims was first released in February of 2000 and sold over 6.3 million copies worldwide by March of 2002. There are now at least 7 expansion packs and sequels that have been released for The Sims. In 2000, The Sims won the Game of the Year Award from GameSpot.com.
Top free games like The Sims –
- Virtual Families – This is a casual family simulation game which is almost identical to The Sims. The user is in
control of a whole family and can shape their personalities to however they prefer. Virtual Families runs in real time and has a ton of features that its users have available to them.
Within the game there is a unique weather and day/night system. This system makes the weather 
within the game exactly like the weather where you live. It also makes it so that if it is night time where you are then it is night time within the game.
All family members are also completely trainable through scolding or praising methods. They even have emotional systems and health systems built into them. If your family members get sick then you must care them back to perfect health. All members of the family have status bars for everything you can imagine including emotions, hunger and tiredness.
In Game Features of Virtual Families
- Unique adoptees with hundreds of different combinations to choose from
- Different types of weather as well as day/night cycles synchronized to your system clock. If it is dark out where you are it is dark out in the game!
- People are fully trainable through the means of scolding or praising
- Dynamic illness system
- Hidden puzzles within the house that players can enjoy
- Second Life -Within Second Life players can truly experience and create anything they can imagine. Residents can explore the world, meet other virtual residentes, socialize with almost anyone, participate in individual and group activities and even create and trade virtual property and services with one another; play mini-games with friends, customize your living place and even your avatar as well as even attend live music performances! This is truly one of the best 3D social virtual worlds online today and has nearly 1 million active users.
In Game Features of Second Life
- Build your own virtual objects with the three-dimensional modeling tool
- No charge for creating a Second Life account
- Avatars can take any form you choose (Human, Animal, Vampire, etc..)
- Internal economy and currency (Players can buy and sell in game objects)
- Own your own land and develop it however you want
- IMVU - IMVU is an online social entertainment destination or virtual world in which members use 3D avatars to do a number of things including meeting new people, chating and playing mini games. The game has over 50 million registered users and there are over 10 million unique visitors per month.
In Game Features of IMVU
- Member developed content
- Members can create and sell virtual products
- World’s largest virtual goods catalog
- Customize your own individual homepage
- Meet new people as well as chat and play games
- Habbo Hotel - Habbo Hotel is an online social networking site aimed towards teenagers. In short, players simply live in a hotel and live a virtual life within it. Things such as going to a dance club or a bar to get drinks are activities that players can take part in. Players are also given a guest room in which they can fully customize to their liking very much
like you can in The Sims. This game already has thousands of visitors and is becoming more popular all the time.
Features of Habbo hotel
- Fully customizable living spaces
- Play or even create your own mini games
- Public rooms available to do activities like have a drink or dance
- Online chat available
- Woozworld – Woozworld is a unique virtual world geared towards younger kids. This game allows players to virtually do whatever they want including things like throwing a party, create your own virtual space, make new
friends and even fully customize your character. Woozworld brings everything that traditional virtual online games do and more.
Features of Woozworld
- Create and customize your own virtual character
- 100% safe and secure website
- Diverse missions/quests to try out
- Tons of animations and activities to check out
- Virtual Villagers – Virtual Villagers was actually the basis for Virtual families. In this game, a massive volcano has
destroyed your village and now you must move and start over. The user must organize and grow the village to develop skills needed in order to survive. It is like The Sims but with an “older” look to it. This game has also been compared to Club Penguin.
In Game Features of Virtual Villagers
- Hundreds of customizable village characters
- Breed and raise your own village and tribe
- Unique and unpredictable “Island Events” that keep the game interesting
- The ability to discover mysteries throughout the game world
- Players can control the destiny of all village survivors and even create their own adventure
Hopefully this guide helps you find the kinds of game you are looking for. Also be sure to check back often as we will be updating this list with new games as they become available!
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